Pheysey wrote:
> snip....
apparently what
> happened is that the nut fell off one of the bolts for the plastic fan,
> and the bolt worked it's way loose until it had sucessfully torn a
> doughnut shaped hole in the radiator. It's definitely totaled the
> radiator.
> STeve Pheysey
> 78 Midget minus cooling system.
Triumph in the UK use to market a smart little car, called the VITESSE,
based on the humble 948cc Herald. This Vitesse had a six cylinder 1600cc
Vangard engine in it, putting the fan right up against the radiator, as
the engine bay was so short, ( a similar car sold in the USA was the
Triumph GT6, using all the saloon bits and calling it a sports car, even
down to the swing-axle rear suspension, later improved.) Anyway, if the
engine mounting were a bit soft, you could bang on the ( disc) brakes in
an emergency, and the fan went through the radiator like Dastardly and
Mutley. Cuts a real clean hole...........8" diameter.
The ZA/ZB Magnette suffers the same fault if you fit a 1789cc MGB engine
using the long nosed MGB water pump, it all ends up very
close............
Neil
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